Score: Fla. Memorial 70, Keiser 61
Records: Keiser (4-2, 0-2 SUN), Fla. Memorial (4-3, 2-1 SUN)
Location: Student Life Center, West Palm Beach, Fla.
Keiser Starters: Shykim Gillion (G),
Kennedy Schlabach (G),
Elliana Schaefer (G),
Elise Ellison-Coons (F),
Taylor Jones (F).
Fla. Memorial Starters: Nyah Johnson (G), Jasmine Worthy (F), Lameez Kahn (G), Aliyah Deen-Ahmad (G), Chantell Gonzalez (C).
Turnovers plagued the Seahawks on Saturday as the Keiser women's basketball team dropped its second straight Sun Conference game with a 70-61 loss to Florida Memorial. The Lions registered 22 points off of 23 Seahawk turnovers in the contests.
Despite being down by as many as 17 points, KU was able ot pull within four late in the game but could not retake the lead.
A 24-7 run by the Lions late in the third quarter and early in the fourth proved to be too much for the Seahawks to overcome.
Fla. Memorial 13, Keiser 12
- The Seahawks leading scorers in the first quarter were Shykim Gillion and Elliana Schaefer with nine points each.
- Elise Ellison-Coons scored the first bucket for the Seahawks with a made layup at the 7:51 mark.
- Both teams remained close in score throughout the whole first quarter.
- Gillion and Janiece Thomas registered two steals each.
Fla. Memorial 28, Keiser 26
- Both teams recorded 17 boards a piece in the second quarter.
- At the 8:08 mark Kennedy Schlabach made a basket from beyond the arc that was assisted by Elise Ellison-Coons to cut the lead 15-18.
- Gillion hit a layup to cut the lead to a point and made the game 17-18, Seahawks trailing.
- Keiser took the lead in the 5:47 with a three-pointer by Schlabach to make the game 20-18.
- The Lions then came up to tie the game and took the lead with a layup by Cherelle Washington.
Fla. Memorial 46, Keiser 38
- Both Ellison-Coons and Jones registered seven boards each.
- A layup by Gillion at the 9:27 mark tied the game at 28-28.
- Fla. Memorial took the lead but the Seahawks came back to tie the game after a foul by Deen-Ahmad that brought Ellison-Coons to the line.
- Keiser went 7-of-8 from the line in the third quarter.
Fla. Memorial 70, Keiser 61
- The Lions opened the quarter on a 9-1 run to extend their lead, 56-39 with 6:16 left in the game.
- A pair of made free-throw attempts by Ellison-Coons with 2:33 on the game clock, cut the FMU lead to single-digits, 62-53.
- KU scored five straight to make it a four-point game, following a 3-pointer by Schlabach with 1:03 left in the game.
- The Seahawks were unable to get any closer, dropping their second consecutive SUN contest.
- The loss moves Keiser to 4-2 on the season; 0-2 in Sun Conference action.
- With the loss, Keiser drops to 18-17 all-time versus the Lions.
- The loss extends teh Seahawks current losing streak to the Lions to three games.
- With the loss, the Seahawks move to 12-7 all-time versus FMU in West Palm Beach.
- The Seahawks are now 18-16 all-time in Sun Conference action versus the Lions.
- Shykim Gillion led all Seahawks with 17 points on 6-of-9 shooting from the floor (4-of-6 from the free-throw line).
- Also scoring in double-figures were Kennedy Schlabach (16), and Elise Ellison-Coons.
- Ellison-Coons posted a game-high 12 rebounds for her second double-double of the season.
- Overall, KU shot 35.8 percent from the field and was 6-of-26 from 3-point range (23.1 percent).
- KU outrebounded FMU, 45-35.
- The Seahawks committed 23 turnovers resulting in 22 points for the Lions.
- Ties: 10
- Lead Changes: 4
- Largest Lead: Keiser (2); Fla. Memorial (8)
Keiser
Fla. Memorial
- Points: Aliyah Deen-Ahmad (21)
- Rebounds: Chantell Gonzalez (10)
- Assists: Chantell Gonzalez (4)
Keiser will go on the road to face Lawrence Tech (Mich.) on Saturday, November 26 at 2:00 pm.
